Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Buff colored left handed training glove signed by Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali). In ink, in the upper portion of the ...

Young Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, knocked out opponent Sonny Liston for his first world title in boxing on this day in history, Feb. 25, 1964. Twenty-two-year-old Clay achieved the ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 25, 1964, a 22-year-old Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first ...

One thing about Cassius Clay. He is a man of his word. “I’m gonna shake up this town,” said the world’s heavy weight champion last week — and he did. The town was New York. Announcing that he had ...